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| weight        = 61 kg<ref name="data"></ref>
| weight        = 61 kg<ref name="data"></ref>
| alias        =  
| alias        =  
| species      = Saiyan/Human Hybrid
| classify      = [[Saiyan Characters|Saiyan]] + [[Human Characters|Human]]
| gender        = Male
| pronouns      = [[Pronouns|''Boku'' (ボク)]] (child, teenager, adult)<br>[[Pronouns|''Watashi'' (わたし)]] ([[Great Saiyaman]])<br>[[Pronouns|''Ore'' (オレ)]] ([[Ultimate Gohan|Ultimate]], [[Future Gohan|Future]])
| universe      = [[Universe 7]]
| universe      = [[Universe 7]]
| occupation    = Scholar
| occupation    = Scholar
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| significant_other =  
| significant_other =  
| children      = [[Pan]]
| children      = [[Pan]]
| relatives    =  
| relatives    = [[Mister Satan]] (father-in-law)
| religion      =  
| religion      =  
}}
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==Age==
==Age==
Gohan's official birth month is given in [[Daizenshuu 7]] as "one day in May", Age 757.<ref name="D7-25"/> This is based on the fact that the [[Artificial Humans]]' initial attack occurred on May 12,<ref name="ch335">{{Cite manga|Chp=335}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=122}}</ref><ref name="ch337">{{Cite manga|Chp=337}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=126}}</ref> together with an anime-exclusive scene where [[Chi-Chi]] throws Gohan a birthday party<ref name="DBZ171">{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=171}}</ref> before the [[Cell Games]] on May 26.<ref name="D7-31">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=p. 31}}</ref> However, Gohan says this is not his actual birthday.
Gohan's official birth month is given in [[Daizenshuu 7]] as "one day in May", Age 757.<ref name="D7-25"/> This is based on the fact that the [[Artificial Humans]]' initial attack occurred on May 12,<ref name="ch335">{{Cite manga|Chp=335}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=122}}</ref><ref name="ch337">{{Cite manga|Chp=337}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=126}}</ref> together with an anime-exclusive scene where [[Chi-Chi]] throws Gohan a birthday party<ref name="DBZ171">{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=171}}</ref> before the [[Cell Games]] on May 26.<ref name="D7-31">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=p. 31}}</ref> However, Gohan says this is not his actual birthday.
{{Quotation|チチ：きょうの午後は悟飯のバースデーパーティーを開くつもりだったのに｡ 一体 どうしてくれるだ！<br>孫悟空：バースデーパーティー？<br>孫悟飯：でも お母さん｡ きょうは僕の誕生日じゃ…｡<br>チチ：そんなことは分かってる！だども いいか？ ｢精神と時の部屋｣っつーとこに入ってた間に悟飯ちゃん11歳になっちまったべ？ 誕生日っていうのは大切な けじめだからな｡ きょう改めてお祝いすることにしたんだ｡<hr>'''Chi-Chi''': This afternoon, I was meanin' to have a birthday party for Gohan! Why are you doin' this to me?!<br>'''Goku''': Birthday party?<br>'''Gohan''': But Mother, today isn't my birthday...<br>'''Chi-Chi''': I know that! But even so, listen. When you were in that Room of Spirit and Time place, Gohan-''chan'' turned 11 years old!  Birthdays are important milestones and all. I decided that we were goin' to celebrate it today.{{efn|This dialogue was entirely changed in [[Funimation]]'s English dub; the birthday is not mentioned until the end of the conversation when Chi-Chi says: "I'll tell you what Gohan; since it's your birthday, I'm going to let you off easy. For your punishment, you can clean up." Then the birthday party proceeds as if it were Gohan's actual birthday.}}|[[Dragon Ball Z Episode 171]]}}
{{Quotation|チチ：きょうの午後は悟飯のバースデーパーティーを開くつもりだったのに｡ 一体 どうしてくれるだ！<br>孫悟空：バースデーパーティー？<br>孫悟飯：でも お母さん｡ きょうは僕の誕生日じゃ…｡<br>チチ：そんなことは分かってる！だども いいか？ ｢精神と時の部屋｣っつーとこに入ってた間に悟飯ちゃん11歳になっちまったべ？ 誕生日っていうのは大切な けじめだからな｡ きょう改めてお祝いすることにしたんだ｡<hr>'''Chi-Chi''': This afternoon, I was meanin' to have a birthday party for Gohan! Why are you doin' this to me?!<br>'''Goku''': Birthday party?<br>'''Gohan''': But Mother, today isn't my birthday...<br>'''Chi-Chi''': I know that! But even so, listen. When you were in that Room of Spirit and Time place, Gohan-''chan'' turned 11 years old!  Birthdays are important milestones and all. I decided that we were goin' to celebrate it today.{{efn|This dialogue was entirely changed in [[Funimation]]'s English dub; the birthday is not mentioned until the end of the conversation when [[Chi-Chi]] says: "I'll tell you what Gohan; since it's your birthday, I'm going to let you off easy. For your punishment, you can clean up." Then the birthday party proceeds as if it were Gohan's actual birthday.}}|[[Dragon Ball Z Episode 171]]}}
Gohan's age is stated outright only twice in the manga. He tells [[Bulma]] that he is four years old when he is introduced,<ref name="ch196">{{Cite manga|Chp=196}}</ref> and the narration states that he is sixteen years old after the seven-year time skip that follows the [[Cell arc]].<ref name="ch421">{{Cite manga|Chp=421}}</ref> The latter ignores the ~11 months Gohan spent in the [[Room of Spirit and Time]], and the arc begins shortly before his official "birthday" in May: the date of Gohan's first day at [[Orange Star High School]] is given as 07 April.<ref name="D7-32">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=p. 32}}</ref>
[[File:Gohan-Age-Kanzenban.png|thumb|250px|Gohan tells [[Bulma]] he is 4 years old.<ref name="ch196">{{Cite manga|Chp=196}}</ref>{{efn|name=age|In the original printing of [[Dragon Ball Chapter 196]] in the 1988 #46 issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'', Gohan gives his age as 3, and holds up 3 fingers. On the title page of [[Dragon Ball Chapter 197]], Gohan's age is given as 4. The dialogue for chapter 196 is corrected in all subsequent printings, but the fingers are not changed.}}]]
Gohan's age is stated outright only twice in the manga. He tells [[Bulma]] that he is four years old when he is introduced,<ref name="ch196"/>{{efn|name=age}} and the narration states that he is sixteen years old after the seven-year time skip that follows the [[Cell arc]].<ref name="ch421">{{Cite manga|Chp=421}}</ref> The latter ignores the ~11 months Gohan spent in the [[Room of Spirit and Time]], and Daizenshuu 7 gives the date of Gohan's first day at [[Orange Star High School]] as 07 April,<ref name="D7-32">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=p. 32}}</ref> just before his official 17th "birthday" in May.


After Gohan's introduction, a year passes, and he is 5 years old on [[Planet Namek]]. One year and nine months later, [[Goku]] returns to [[Earth]], and Gohan is about 7 years old. Then about three years pass, and he is about 10 years old when he enters the Room of Spirit and Time. Then seven years pass, and he is 16 years old, nearly 17 years old when he starts high school. He is 21 years old when ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' begins, about 23-24 when the anime ends. He is 27 years old in the epilogue of the manga (or the epilogue of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''), and about 32 at the beginning of ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''. Various time stamps throughout the original manga are helpful for making sense of Gohan's age.
After Gohan's introduction, a year passes, and he is 5 years old on [[Planet Namek]]. One year and nine months later, [[Goku]] returns to [[Earth]], and Gohan is about 7 years old. Then about three years pass, and he is about 10 years old when he enters the Room of Spirit and Time. Then seven years pass, and he is 16 years old, nearly 17 years old when he starts high school. He is 21 years old when ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' begins, about 23-24 when the anime ends.{{efn|Using [[Bra]]'s birth year as a guide, Gohan should be about 23 when the anime ends, but the anime's own internal timestamps, largely tied to [[Dragon Balls|Dragon Ball]] usage, complicate the issue considerably, quite aside from the chronology issues stemming from ''[[Dragon Ball Super: Broly]]''.}} He is 27 years old in the epilogue of the manga (or the epilogue of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''), and about 32 at the beginning of ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]''. Various time stamps throughout the original manga are helpful for making sense of Gohan's age.
*Gohan says he is '''4 years old''' in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 196]]. Goku dies that same day, and [[Raditz]] tells him before his own death that his fellow [[Saiyans]] will be arriving on Earth in one year.<ref name="ch204">{{Cite manga|Chp=204}}</ref>
*Gohan says he is '''4 years old''' in [[Dragon Ball Chapter 196]] (May 757). Goku dies that same day, and [[Raditz]] tells him before his own death that his fellow [[Saiyans]] will be arriving on Earth in one year.<ref name="ch204">{{Cite manga|Chp=204}}</ref>
*When Goku arrives on [[Kaiō's planet]], he does not know how long he has been running on the [[Serpent Road]], but [[North Kaiō|Kaiō]] tells him that the Saiyans will arrive in 158 days.<ref name="ch211">{{Cite manga|Chp=211}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=19}}</ref> That leaves 207 days in the year, or about seven months. Later, when Kaiō tells Goku he must go back down the Serpent Road, Goku says it took him six months before.<ref name="ch212">{{Cite manga|Chp=212}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=21}}</ref>
*After '''six months''' running on the [[Serpent Road]], Goku arrives on [[North Kaiō's Planet|Kaiō's planet]].<ref name="ch210">{{Cite manga|Chp=210}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=37}}</ref>{{efn|[[Viz]] rewrites the narration for this panel: "Meanwhile, [[Goku]] runs... and runs... and runs... along the [[Serpent Road]]." The Japanese text reads: "Meanwhile, Son Goku has been running along the Serpent Road for 6 months to meet [[North Kaiō|Kaiō-''sama'']]... And then finally..." (いっぽう　孫悟空も６が月のあいだ界王さまに会うべくひたすら蛇の道を駆けていた... そしてついに......) In the anime, the "six months" narration line in the manga is adapted directly for the recap of [[Dragon Ball Z Episode 17]], but Goku does not reach the end of the Serpent Road until the end of episode 18, while in the manga, this happens on the same page. [[Piccolo]] also mentions "six months" to Gohan at the end of episode 18's recap.<ref name="ch210"/>}} [[North Kaiō|Kaiō]] tells him that the Saiyans will arrive in 158 days.<ref name="ch211">{{Cite manga|Chp=211}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=19}}</ref> That leaves 207 days in the year, or about seven months. Later, when Kaiō tells Goku he must go back down the Serpent Road, Goku says it took him six months before.<ref name="ch212">{{Cite manga|Chp=212}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=21}}</ref>
*When asked to wish Goku back to life, the [[Turtle Hermit]] realizes it is a month earlier than expected. When Piccolo notices the sky going dark, he has the same realization: the Saiyans are early.<ref name="ch212"/> This fits with Goku's estimation that he ran for six months on the way to Kaiō's planet; there are '''11 months''' between Goku's death and the arrival of the Saiyans.
*When asked to wish Goku back to life, the [[Turtle Hermit]] realizes it is a month earlier than expected. When Piccolo notices the sky going dark, he has the same realization: the Saiyans are early.<ref name="ch212"/> There are about '''11 months''' between Goku's death and the arrival of the Saiyans.
*After the fight with [[Nappa]] and [[Vegeta]], Goku learns that it will be four months before he is healed, but [[Karin]] tells him there will be more ''[[senzu]]'' in one month.<ref name="ch243">{{Cite manga|Chp=243}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=37}}</ref> After a few days, [[Mister Popo]] and [[Bulma]] test [[God]]'s spaceship, and Bulma tells the others that they will be able to reach Namek in one month after the ship is updated.<ref name="ch245">{{Cite manga|Chp=245}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=38}}</ref> The journey to Namek ends up taking '''34 days'''.<ref name="ch246">{{Cite manga|Chp=246}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=44}}</ref> According to Daizenshuu 7, it was '''11 days''' between the fight and their departure.<ref name="D7-27-28">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=pp. 27-28}}</ref>
*After the fight with [[Nappa]] and [[Vegeta]], Goku learns that it will be four months before he is healed, but [[Karin]] tells him there will be more ''[[senzu]]'' in one month.<ref name="ch243">{{Cite manga|Chp=243}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=37}}</ref> After a few days, [[Mister Popo]] and [[Bulma]] test [[God]]'s spaceship, and Bulma tells the others that they will be able to reach Namek in one month after the ship is updated.<ref name="ch245">{{Cite manga|Chp=245}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=38}}</ref> According to Daizenshuu 7, it was '''11 days''' between the fight and their departure,<ref name="D7-27-28">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=pp. 27-28}}</ref> and the journey to Namek ends up taking '''34 days'''.<ref name="ch246">{{Cite manga|Chp=246}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=44}}</ref>
*On the same day that Bulma and the others arrive on Namek, Goku gets his ''senzu'' and departs for Namek himself. In [[Dr. Brief]]'s spaceship, he makes the trip in '''six days'''.<ref name="ch250">{{Cite manga|Chp=250}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=46}}</ref>
*On the same day that Bulma and the others arrive on Namek, Goku gets his ''senzu'' and departs for Namek himself. In [[Dr. Brief]]'s spaceship, he makes the trip in '''six days'''.<ref name="ch250">{{Cite manga|Chp=250}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=46}}</ref>
*After the battle on Namek, it takes a total of 260 days to wish everyone back from the dead using the [[Namekian Dragon Balls]], which have a cycle of 130 Earth days. Then it is another year after that before Goku returns.<ref name="ch329">{{Cite manga|Chp=329}}</ref> In the anime, the narrator states that it has been one year since Goku defeated Freeza on the day that Goku returns to Earth,<ref name="DBZ118">{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=118}}</ref> but in the manga it is explicitly '''one year plus 260 days'''.
*After the battle on Namek, it takes a total of 260 days to wish everyone back from the dead using the [[Namekian Dragon Balls]], which have a cycle of 130 Earth days. Then it is another year after that before Goku returns.<ref name="ch329">{{Cite manga|Chp=329}}</ref> In the anime, the narrator states that it has been one year since Goku defeated [[Freeza]] on the day that Goku returns to Earth,<ref name="DBZ118">{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=118}}</ref> but in the manga it is explicitly '''one year plus 260 days'''.
*According to Daizenshuu 7's timeline, it is August 764 when Goku returns to Earth.<ref name="D7-29">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=p. 29}}</ref>
*Gohan trains with Goku and Piccolo for three years in preparation for the arrival of the artificial humans. According to Daizenshuu 7's timeline, it is August 764 when Goku returns to Earth,<ref name="D7-29">{{Cite guidebook|Title="Chronological Table of DB World"|Book=13|Page=p. 29}}</ref> making the training period '''2 years and 9 months'''.
*Gohan trains with Goku and Piccolo for three years in preparation for the arrival of the androids, though according to the Daizenshuu date, it is '''2 years and 9 months'''.
*Goku and Gohan spend '''about 11 months''' in the Room of Spirit and Time.<ref name="ch390">{{Cite manga|Chp=390}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=168}}</ref> This is not counted toward Gohan's age in the manga.
*Goku and Gohan spend '''about 11 months''' in the Room of Spirit and Time.<ref name="ch390">{{Cite manga|Chp=390}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=168}}</ref> This is not counted toward Gohan's age in the manga.
*'''Seven years''' after Cell, Gohan is '''16 years old'''.<ref name="ch421"/> The date is given as 07 April 774 in Daizenshuu 7.<ref name="D7-32"/> This means that, according to his official "birthday", Gohan would have turned '''17 years old''' shortly after Boo was defeated in May 774.
*'''Seven years''' after Cell, Gohan is '''16 years old'''.<ref name="ch421"/> The date is given as 07 April 774 in Daizenshuu 7.<ref name="D7-32"/> This means that, according to his official "birthday", Gohan would have turned '''17 years old''' shortly after Boo was defeated in May 774.
*'''Six months''' after Majin Boo is defeated, everyone's memories of him are erased, aside from the [[Dragon Team]]. This is still in Age 774.<ref name="D7-33"/>
*'''Six months''' after Majin Boo is defeated, everyone's memories of him are erased, aside from the [[Dragon Team]]. This is still in Age 774.<ref name="D7-33"/>
*'''Ten years later''', [[Pan]] is 4 years old when she is introduced, but according to Daizenshuu 7, she was born in Age 779,<ref name="D7-33"/> so she would have turned 5 some time later that year.
*'''Ten years later''', [[Pan]] is 4 years old when she is introduced on 7 May 784,<ref name="D7-33"/> but according to Daizenshuu 7, she was born in Age 779,<ref name="D7-33"/> so she would have turned 5 some time later that year.
*[[Videl]] reveals that she is pregnant with Pan in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]'' and the corresponding arc of ''Dragon Ball Super'', both of which take place on 18 August 778,<ref name="timeline">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113174913/db30th.com/into/into_nenpyo.html|Website=DB 30th|Title="Dragon Ball SSSS (Super Saiyan Special Site): History"|AccessDate=19 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://twitter.com/pekindaq/status/895486563835981824|Website=Twitter|Title=@pekindaq|Date=09 August 2017}}</ref> on Bulma's birthday.<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=WSJ|Year=1986|Issue=37|Date=12 August 1986|Title="Character Biography Data"|Page=pp. 19-21}}<br>——{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/weekly-jump-1986-37-character-biography-data/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Character Biography Data"|Date=01 December 2014|AccessDate=20 March 2019}}</ref> This means that Pan would have turned 5 years old very shortly after she was introduced in the epilogue.
*[[Videl]] reveals that she is pregnant with Pan in ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]'' and the corresponding arc of ''Dragon Ball Super'',<ref name="DBS009">{{Cite episode|Series=Super|Eps=9}}</ref> both of which take place on 18 August 778,{{efn|An official timeline on the official ''Dragon Ball'' website placed ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods]]'' in Age 778,<ref name="timeline">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113174913/db30th.com/into/into_nenpyo.html|Website=DB 30th|Title="Dragon Ball SSSS (Super Saiyan Special Site): History"|AccessDate=19 April 2015}}</ref> and a [[Toei Animation]] exhibit placed the ''Dragon Ball Super'' logo on the same timeline.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://twitter.com/pekindaq/status/895486563835981824|Website=Twitter|Title=@pekindaq|Date=09 August 2017}}</ref>}} on Bulma's birthday.<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=WSJ|Year=1986|Issue=37|Date=12 August 1986|Title="Character Biography Data"|Page=pp. 19-21}}<br>——{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/weekly-jump-1986-37-character-biography-data/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Character Biography Data"|Date=01 December 2014|AccessDate=20 March 2019}}</ref> This means that Pan would have turned 5 years old very shortly after she was introduced in the epilogue.
*[[Bra]]'s official birth year is Age 780.<ref name="D7-33"/> She was born just before the [[Tournament of Power]], the final arc of the ''Dragon Ball Super'' anime.<ref name="DBS083">{{Cite episode|Series=Super|Eps=83}}</ref>
When [[Trunks]] is 8 years old,<ref name="ch432">{{Cite manga|Chp=432}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=210}}</ref> Gohan is nearly 17. [[Future Trunks]] was 14 years old when [[Future Gohan]] died,<ref name="chX">{{Cite manga|Chp=Extra}}<br>——{{Cite features|Number=ztvsptrunks}}</ref> making Future Gohan about 23 when he died, i.e. about the same age as Present Gohan in ''Dragon Ball Super''.
When [[Trunks]] is 8 years old,<ref name="ch432">{{Cite manga|Chp=432}}<br>——{{Cite episode|Series=Z|Eps=210}}</ref> Gohan is nearly 17. [[Future Trunks]] was 14 years old when [[Future Gohan]] died,<ref name="chX">{{Cite manga|Chp=Extra}}<br>——{{Cite features|Number=ztvsptrunks}}</ref> making Future Gohan about 23 when he died, i.e. about the same age as Present Gohan in ''Dragon Ball Super''.


==Name==
==Name and Pronouns==


==Production==
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==Performance==
==Performance==
A list or description of the various voice actors that portrayed the character.
A list or description of the various voice actors that portrayed the character.
==Notes==
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==Images==
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File:Character-son-gohan-toddler-anime.png|Son Gohan as a toddler.<ref name="DBZ171"/>
File:Character-son-gohan-toddler-anime.png|Son Gohan as a toddler.<ref name="DBZ171"/>
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==Notes==
[[File:Gohan-Age-WSJ.png|thumb|250px|Gohan tells [[Bulma]] he is 3 years old in the 1988 #46 issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]''.]]
{{notelist}}


==External Links==
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Son Gohan
孫悟飯 (Son Gohan)
Manga
Son Gohan (Manga)
Anime
Son Gohan (Anime)
Name Pun Rice
Manga Debut Dragon Ball Chapter 196
Anime Debut Dragon Ball Z Episode 1
Japanese VA Masako Nozawa
Canadian VA Saffron Henderson (Child)
Brad Swaile (Adult)
Funimation VA Stephanie Nadolny (Child, Z)
Colleen Clinkenbeard (Child, Kai)
Kyle Hebert (Adult)
Personal Data
Birth May, Age 757[1]
Death 08 May, Age 774[3]
Height 176 cm[2]
Weight 61 kg[2]
Classification Saiyan + Human
Pronouns Boku (ボク) (child, teenager, adult)
Watashi (わたし) (Great Saiyaman)
Ore (オレ) (Ultimate, Future)
Universe Universe 7
Occupation Scholar
Notable Skills Kamehameha
Masenkō
Relationship Data
Family Son Goku (Father)
Chi-Chi (Mother)
Son Goten (Brother)
Spouse Videl
Children Pan
Relatives Mister Satan (father-in-law)
v · d · e
This article is about Son Goku's son. For Son Goku's adoptive grandfather, see Son Gohan (Grandpa).

Son Gohan is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Gohan makes his debut in chapter 196, published in the 1988 #46 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Biography

Age

Gohan's official birth month is given in Daizenshuu 7 as "one day in May", Age 757.[1] This is based on the fact that the Artificial Humans' initial attack occurred on May 12,[4][5] together with an anime-exclusive scene where Chi-Chi throws Gohan a birthday party[6] before the Cell Games on May 26.[7] However, Gohan says this is not his actual birthday.

チチ：きょうの午後は悟飯のバースデーパーティーを開くつもりだったのに｡ 一体 どうしてくれるだ！
孫悟空：バースデーパーティー？
孫悟飯：でも お母さん｡ きょうは僕の誕生日じゃ…｡
チチ：そんなことは分かってる！だども いいか？ ｢精神と時の部屋｣っつーとこに入ってた間に悟飯ちゃん11歳になっちまったべ？ 誕生日っていうのは大切な けじめだからな｡ きょう改めてお祝いすることにしたんだ｡

Chi-Chi: This afternoon, I was meanin' to have a birthday party for Gohan! Why are you doin' this to me?!
Goku: Birthday party?
Gohan: But Mother, today isn't my birthday...
Chi-Chi: I know that! But even so, listen. When you were in that Room of Spirit and Time place, Gohan-chan turned 11 years old! Birthdays are important milestones and all. I decided that we were goin' to celebrate it today.[a]
— Dragon Ball Z Episode 171

Gohan tells Bulma he is 4 years old.[8][b]

Gohan's age is stated outright only twice in the manga. He tells Bulma that he is four years old when he is introduced,[8][b] and the narration states that he is sixteen years old after the seven-year time skip that follows the Cell arc.[9] The latter ignores the ~11 months Gohan spent in the Room of Spirit and Time, and Daizenshuu 7 gives the date of Gohan's first day at Orange Star High School as 07 April,[10] just before his official 17th "birthday" in May.

After Gohan's introduction, a year passes, and he is 5 years old on Planet Namek. One year and nine months later, Goku returns to Earth, and Gohan is about 7 years old. Then about three years pass, and he is about 10 years old when he enters the Room of Spirit and Time. Then seven years pass, and he is 16 years old, nearly 17 years old when he starts high school. He is 21 years old when Dragon Ball Super begins, about 23-24 when the anime ends.[c] He is 27 years old in the epilogue of the manga (or the epilogue of Dragon Ball Z), and about 32 at the beginning of Dragon Ball GT. Various time stamps throughout the original manga are helpful for making sense of Gohan's age.

  • Gohan says he is 4 years old in Dragon Ball Chapter 196 (May 757). Goku dies that same day, and Raditz tells him before his own death that his fellow Saiyans will be arriving on Earth in one year.[11]
  • After six months running on the Serpent Road, Goku arrives on Kaiō's planet.[12][d] Kaiō tells him that the Saiyans will arrive in 158 days.[13] That leaves 207 days in the year, or about seven months. Later, when Kaiō tells Goku he must go back down the Serpent Road, Goku says it took him six months before.[14]
  • When asked to wish Goku back to life, the Turtle Hermit realizes it is a month earlier than expected. When Piccolo notices the sky going dark, he has the same realization: the Saiyans are early.[14] There are about 11 months between Goku's death and the arrival of the Saiyans.
  • After the fight with Nappa and Vegeta, Goku learns that it will be four months before he is healed, but Karin tells him there will be more senzu in one month.[15] After a few days, Mister Popo and Bulma test God's spaceship, and Bulma tells the others that they will be able to reach Namek in one month after the ship is updated.[16] According to Daizenshuu 7, it was 11 days between the fight and their departure,[17] and the journey to Namek ends up taking 34 days.[18]
  • On the same day that Bulma and the others arrive on Namek, Goku gets his senzu and departs for Namek himself. In Dr. Brief's spaceship, he makes the trip in six days.[19]
  • After the battle on Namek, it takes a total of 260 days to wish everyone back from the dead using the Namekian Dragon Balls, which have a cycle of 130 Earth days. Then it is another year after that before Goku returns.[20] In the anime, the narrator states that it has been one year since Goku defeated Freeza on the day that Goku returns to Earth,[21] but in the manga it is explicitly one year plus 260 days.
  • Gohan trains with Goku and Piccolo for three years in preparation for the arrival of the artificial humans. According to Daizenshuu 7's timeline, it is August 764 when Goku returns to Earth,[22] making the training period 2 years and 9 months.
  • Goku and Gohan spend about 11 months in the Room of Spirit and Time.[23] This is not counted toward Gohan's age in the manga.
  • Seven years after Cell, Gohan is 16 years old.[9] The date is given as 07 April 774 in Daizenshuu 7.[10] This means that, according to his official "birthday", Gohan would have turned 17 years old shortly after Boo was defeated in May 774.
  • Six months after Majin Boo is defeated, everyone's memories of him are erased, aside from the Dragon Team. This is still in Age 774.[3]
  • Ten years later, Pan is 4 years old when she is introduced on 7 May 784,[3] but according to Daizenshuu 7, she was born in Age 779,[3] so she would have turned 5 some time later that year.
  • Videl reveals that she is pregnant with Pan in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and the corresponding arc of Dragon Ball Super,[24] both of which take place on 18 August 778,[e] on Bulma's birthday.[27] This means that Pan would have turned 5 years old very shortly after she was introduced in the epilogue.
  • Bra's official birth year is Age 780.[3] She was born just before the Tournament of Power, the final arc of the Dragon Ball Super anime.[28]

When Trunks is 8 years old,[29] Gohan is nearly 17. Future Trunks was 14 years old when Future Gohan died,[30] making Future Gohan about 23 when he died, i.e. about the same age as Present Gohan in Dragon Ball Super.

Name and Pronouns

Production

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Notable Skills

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Images

  • Son Gohan Image Gallery
  • Son Gohan shortly after his birth.[6]
    Son Gohan shortly after his birth.[6]
  • Son Gohan as a toddler.[6]
    Son Gohan as a toddler.[6]

Notes

Gohan tells Bulma he is 3 years old in the 1988 #46 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump.
  1. ↑ This dialogue was entirely changed in Funimation's English dub; the birthday is not mentioned until the end of the conversation when Chi-Chi says: "I'll tell you what Gohan; since it's your birthday, I'm going to let you off easy. For your punishment, you can clean up." Then the birthday party proceeds as if it were Gohan's actual birthday.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 In the original printing of Dragon Ball Chapter 196 in the 1988 #46 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, Gohan gives his age as 3, and holds up 3 fingers. On the title page of Dragon Ball Chapter 197, Gohan's age is given as 4. The dialogue for chapter 196 is corrected in all subsequent printings, but the fingers are not changed.
  3. ↑ Using Bra's birth year as a guide, Gohan should be about 23 when the anime ends, but the anime's own internal timestamps, largely tied to Dragon Ball usage, complicate the issue considerably, quite aside from the chronology issues stemming from Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
  4. ↑ Viz rewrites the narration for this panel: "Meanwhile, Goku runs... and runs... and runs... along the Serpent Road." The Japanese text reads: "Meanwhile, Son Goku has been running along the Serpent Road for 6 months to meet Kaiō-sama... And then finally..." (いっぽう　孫悟空も６が月のあいだ界王さまに会うべくひたすら蛇の道を駆けていた... そしてついに......) In the anime, the "six months" narration line in the manga is adapted directly for the recap of Dragon Ball Z Episode 17, but Goku does not reach the end of the Serpent Road until the end of episode 18, while in the manga, this happens on the same page. Piccolo also mentions "six months" to Gohan at the end of episode 18's recap.[12]
  5. ↑ An official timeline on the official Dragon Ball website placed Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in Age 778,[25] and a Toei Animation exhibit placed the Dragon Ball Super logo on the same timeline.[26]

External Links

Daizenshuu 7: Chronological Table of DB World

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (p. 25)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Human Racial Dictionary". Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 4: Dragon Ball Super Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 09 May 2013. ISBN 978-4-08-782499-5. (pp. 89)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (pp. 33)
  4. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 335: "A Message of Terror". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1991 #34. Japan: Shueisha, 30 July 1991.
    ——"My Dad is Vegeta... Confessions of the Mysterious Boy". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 122. Japan: Fuji TV, 08 January 1992.
  5. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 337: "The Super Warriors Assemble". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1991 #36/37. Japan: Shueisha, 13 August 1991.
    ——"Murderers Who Leave No Trace Which Ones Are the Artificial Humans?!". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 126. Japan: Fuji TV, 05 February 1992.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "The Hidden Strength!! When Gohan Was a Baby". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 171. Japan: Fuji TV, 20 January 1993.
  7. ↑ "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (p. 31)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 196: "Kakarrot". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1988 #46. Japan: Shueisha, 08 October 1988.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 421: "Satan City's High School". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1993 #23. Japan: Shueisha, 11 May 1993.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (p. 32)
  11. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 204: "Farewell, Son Goku". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #01/02. Japan: Shueisha, 06 December 1988.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 210: "The Father and Son's Harsh Training". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #10. Japan: Shueisha, 07 February 1989.
    ——"The Mysterious Yunzabit! The Search for God's Spaceship". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 37. Japan: Fuji TV, 21 February 1990.
  13. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 211: "Do Your Best with Kaiō-sama, Dead Son Goku!". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #11. Japan: Shueisha, 14 February 1989.
    ——"The Battle with Gravity! Catch Bubbles-kun". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 19. Japan: Fuji TV, 13 September 1989.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 212: "The Saiyans Approach!!". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #12. Japan: Shueisha, 21 February 1989.
    ——"Come Forth, Shenlong! The Saiyans Finally Arrive on Earth". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 21. Japan: Fuji TV, 27 September 1989.
  15. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 243: "Go For It! The Planet Namek". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #43. Japan: Shueisha, 26 September 1989.
    ——"The Mysterious Yunzabit! The Search for God's Spaceship". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 37. Japan: Fuji TV, 21 February 1990.
  16. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 245: "Departing for Planet Namek!!". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #45. Japan: Shueisha, 10 October 1989.
    ——"Blast-off for Planet Namek! The Terror Awaiting Gohan and Company". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 38. Japan: Fuji TV, 28 February 1990.
  17. ↑ "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (pp. 27-28)
  18. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 246: "Vegeta Revived!!". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #46. Japan: Shueisha, 17 October 1989.
    ——"A Tough New Enemy! Emperor of the Universe, Freeza". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 44. Japan: Fuji TV, 18 April 1990.
  19. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 250: "Son Goku Revived!!". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1989 #50. Japan: Shueisha, 14 November 1989.
    ——"Goku's Power at Full-Force!! Six Days to the End of the Galaxy". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 46. Japan: Fuji TV, 02 May 1990.
  20. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 329: "Goku Won't Be Coming Home". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1991 #28. Japan: Shueisha, 18 June 1991.
  21. ↑ "That's Earth, Papa... Freeza and his Father Strike Back". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 118. Japan: Fuji TV, 27 November 1991.
  22. ↑ "Chronological Table of DB World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (p. 29)
  23. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 390: "Goku and Gohan Come Out". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1992 #41. Japan: Shueisha, 15 September 1992.
    ——"Goku and Gohan... The Hero Father and Son's Ultimate Level-Up". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 168. Japan: Fuji TV, 09 December 1992.
  24. ↑ "Sorry About the Wait, Beerus-sama — Finally, Super Saiyan God is Born!". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 9. Japan: Fuji TV, 06 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Dragon Ball SSSS (Super Saiyan Special Site): History". DB 30th. Retrieved: 19 April 2015.
  26. ↑ @pekindaq (09 August 2017). Twitter.
  27. ↑ "Character Biography Data". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1986 #37. Japan: Shueisha, 12 August 1986. (pp. 19-21)
    ——"Character Biography Data" (01 December 2014). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 20 March 2019.
  28. ↑ "Form the Universe 7 Team! Who Are the Strongest Ten?!". Dragon Ball Super. Episode 83. Japan: Fuji TV, 26 March 2017.
  29. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 432: "The Two Small Super Warriors". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1993 #34. Japan: Shueisha, 27 July 1993.
    ——"No Small Matter!! Little Trunks". Dragon Ball Z. Episode 210. Japan: Fuji TV, 15 December 1993.
  30. ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter Extra: "[[Dragon Ball Chapter Extra|]]". .
    ——Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super Warriors – Gohan and Trunks. Japan: Fuji TV (Television Special). 24 February 1993.


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